HumbleBoy21:
when is the balon d'or award in question.

LordAdam16:


In this anecdote you made, Messi and Iniesta were teammates. If CR7 and Modric were still teammates and the entire team contingent went without him, that's when your example would make sense.

CR7 and Modric may still be personal friends, but they are competitors now, so you can't use Messi's episode when he and Iniesta were still teammates to berate CR7 for not attending when Modric isn't his teammate anymore.

You are comparing apples to oranges.

PS: BTW, Modric's vote was Varane, Cristiano, Griezmann; while Ronaldo's vote was Varane, Modric, Griezmann. Since hypocrisy don turn some people national anthem.

-Lord

tesppidd:
maybe the iniesta comparism was far reaching but,

the uefa awards was 30th August.

ronaldo left real madrid about 30th July.

that's about one month.

only one month!


i tell you solemnly,

if anybody could treat an ex team mate of just one month that way,


a team mate he played and shared a dressing room with for about 6 years,
win titles together including the almighty champions league,

then he could as well treat his current team mate that way.

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LordAdam16:


Stop shifting the goal post.

They're ex-teammates and Cristiano doesn't have to go if he doesn't want to. Case closed.

Hopefully they both attend the Ballon D'Or, since they've been appointed judges for the new U21 Ballon D'Or; but I think it's unfair to knock them for not attending. Worse still, is when Messi fans are the ones doing the complaining. You guys should chill.

Go read the news, all the people complaining didn't single out Cristiano, it's both of them. All this fuss has managed to take the spotlight out of Modric's win. When was the last time a player won the UEFA Men's Best Player, WC Golden Ball, FIFA The Best, (and hopefully Ballon D'Or) in the same year?

-Lord

tesppidd:
Messi is no saint, He behaves badly sometimes, everyone does.

But speaking in terms of tolerance, attitude and team spirit on the pitch, he is a million times a better team person than Ronaldo.

I tell you,

Ronaldo would skip that award even if he knew his son and not him,

would win.

tesppidd:
it's about both of them?

what about the UEFA awards? both of them as well?

that was my point all along,

lumping them both in this situation is dubious.

messi had every reason not to attend.

*he wasn't nominated.
*he's a rival to modric whom the world knew would win.

however ronaldo's absence is inexcusable.

even if they aren't team mates anymore,

only a pathetic soul would behave that way just one month after leaving a people he spent 6 plus years with.

and of course he was "on the podium"

people shouldn't lump them together, ronaldo has proven to be a sore sore loser for over a decade.

trying to make excuses in this situation is bad.

Fabio Capello: 'The absence of Ronaldo and Messi? It is a lack of respect, for the players, for FIFA and for the world of football,' Capello told TVE.

'It is possible that they won too much and do not like to lose. In life you have to be good when you win and when you lose.'

Diego Forlan: 'It's an event of every player and it's important to be here. No matter who wins. A player has to show with his attitude and actions, because they are a model for the world'.

Davor Suker: 'You have to be a gentleman when you win, but also when you lose,'

tesppidd:
I really hate it when the world always wants to lump Messi and Ronaldo together at every instance.

What's all the noise about Messi and Ronaldo boycotting the awards?

1.Ronaldo was shortlisted among the top 3.
2.Ronaldo knew it had to be him or his friend and team mate Modric.

Messi should be left out of this.

Messi was nominated for puskas,
But how many times do the nominated 10 puskas nominees attend these awards?

There are over 2000 professional footballers in europe, do they all attend these awards?

*Ronaldo was nominated but he snubbed.

*He knew his friend Modric would win but he snubbed.


People are always eager to lump them together, but

I think Messi needs to be left out of this.

Upnepaa:


I respect your opinion, but as a Messi fan I believe he should have graced the occasion, avoiding it is in contradiction of the humble man we know as.

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LordAdam16:


What do you mean by Messi had no reason to attend? Wasn't he on the FIFPro XI? He too was on the podium.

Attached FIFPro XI 2015 and FIFPro XI 2018 pics.

Stop making excuses for your MCM and taking shots at a rival MCM about something your MCM is also guilty of.







Stop the hypocrisy! It's not a virtue.

-Lord

LordAdam16:


What do you mean by Messi had no reason to attend? Wasn't he on the FIFPro XI? He too was on the podium.

Attached FIFPro XI 2015 and FIFPro XI 2018 pics.

Stop making excuses for your MCM and taking shots at a rival MCM about something your MCM is also guilty of.







Stop the hypocrisy! It's not a virtue.

-Lord

LordAdam16:


In this anecdote you made, Messi and Iniesta were teammates. If CR7 and Modric were still teammates and the entire team contingent went without him, that's when your example would make sense.

CR7 and Modric may still be personal friends, but they are competitors now, so you can't use Messi's episode when he and Iniesta were still teammates to berate CR7 for not attending when Modric isn't his teammate anymore.

You are comparing apples to oranges.

PS: BTW, Modric's vote was Varane, Cristiano, Griezmann; while Ronaldo's vote was Varane, Modric, Griezmann. Since hypocrisy don turn some people national anthem.

-Lord

Upnepaa:
Messi as captain voted for Modric, Cristiano and Mbappé. It
takes certain type of character to vote for your rival, the
best player of your rival club and the 19 years old who
eliminated you from world cup and ended with your dream.
Pure class.

Source:Twitter.

philfearon:

Ronaldo and Modric were teammates within the purview of the award. The award is for FIFA BEST PLAYER for 2018, and Ronaldo went to Juventus after the World Cup ended.
See how you have made yourself bereft of common sense just because you want to defend Ronaldo.

tesppidd:
You simply do not want to accept these analogies.

Lemme try again, maybe you would understand what I mean this time.

Some things are worse than some.


It is bad that Messi didn't attend.
It is worse that Ronaldo didn't attend.

Okay?

If Iniesta beat Ronaldo to an award, it wouldn't be too bad for Ronaldo to snub the award ceremonies.

If Iniesta beat Messi to an award, it would be inhuman for him to snub the award ceremonies.

Why?

1.They were team mates for a decade.
2.They were friends for a decade.
3.Iniesta had a contribution in some of the previous awards Messi won.

All these apply with Modric and Ronaldo.

LordAdam16:


Oga stop rewording rubbish! I'm tired of repeating a simple thing.

CR7 and Modric are not teammates currently. CR7 has no more obligation to go to the award than Messi. Neither went. Both voted for Modric. Modric won. Case closed.

What exactly is difficult to understand here?

It doesn't matter if CR7 is Modric's twin and have been playing together since they were 11 from an academy in Portugal. At the moment, CR7 is not Modric's teammate. Plain and simple. They play for rival clubs.

Stop conjuring connections out of nowhere.

-Lord

tesppidd:
lol,

The fifpro and the puskas, nobody ever cared who attended or not.
The winners are only revealed at the ceremonies.
All the noise now is because Messi did not attend.


But for the best mens' player, 3 are invited.
The podium appearance is always for the top 3 mens' player award.
They are always decorated and they sit at the front of the hall.

My point, it's unfair to lump Messi with Ronaldo in Ronaldo's stupid act.
I will keep saying it.

How do you explain snubbing the UEFA awards and the FIFA awards just a month apart?

Stop trying it is inexcusable.

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LordAdam16:


No leave him let him nitpick. All of a sudden, he has become a Modric advocate.

CR7 called Modric to congratulate him on the UEFA win. He called Messi to congratulate him on his wedding. Messi didn't call CR7 to congratulate him on his 2016 FIFA Best win. But because he didn't attend an award gala that Messi also didn't attend, he is now a million times less of a team player than Messi. Shey CR7 and Modric are still in the same team ni?

Some Messi fans sha.

-Lord

biomustry:
Let's say he did tell you that he called to congratulate Messi, do you not think that Messi did call him and he forgot to tell you?

LordAdam16:


This na old mata na. But since you want proof, here they are.

CR7 calls Messi - https://ronaldo.com/2017/07/02/ronaldo-called-messi-congratulate-wedding-2/
Messi didn't call CR7 - https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/international/categories/ballon-d-or/cristiano-ronaldo-on-not-being-congratulated-by-lionel-messi/242561

I'm not even concerned about who called who? Messi and Cristiano often have good things to say about each other whenever they speak in public. I had to point it out to counter tespidd's statement that Messi is a million times more of a team player than CR7 (whatever that means), since he didn't attend Monday's gala.

We're past that now, so don't drag us back. Thank you.

-Lord

LordAdam16:


This na old mata na. But since you want proof, here they are.

CR7 calls Messi - https://ronaldo.com/2017/07/02/ronaldo-called-messi-congratulate-wedding-2/
Messi didn't call CR7 - https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/international/categories/ballon-d-or/cristiano-ronaldo-on-not-being-congratulated-by-lionel-messi/242561

I'm not even concerned about who called who? Messi and Cristiano often have good things to say about each other whenever they speak in public. I had to point it out to counter tespidd's statement that Messi is a million times more of a team player than CR7 (whatever that means), since he didn't attend Monday's gala.

We're past that now, so don't drag us back. Thank you.

-Lord

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Nicolars:


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Nicolars:


see site, Ronaldo . com

lol, ain't gonna take that serious

Meta4element:

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